Living and the dead, the: the neapolitan cult of the skull
Auteur :
Stratton, Margaret
Éditeur :
Stratton, Margaret
ISBN :
9781935195016
Date de publication :
10 août 2010
Dimensions :
23,2 x 20,9 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
554 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Snaking beneath the streets and crumbling churches of Naples is a vast system of ancient catacombs and aqueducts. This photographic record documents these spaces in which Neapolitans of early Christian history sought to preserve emotional connections to the afterlife through rituals in which the tangible skull represents the ephemeral soul.